While some NZ manufacturers have experienced a slow start to the year as they've focused on recent uncertainty, BNZ Senior Economist, Craig Ebert suggests that "the international investment cycle is clicking into place and promises to self-sustain the global economic expansion. This should be good for manufacturing industries, New Zealand included".Read More

Manufacturing continues to be in very good heart with the Performance Manufacturing Index telling us that manufacturing overall has been expanding now every month since October 2012, which is way better than any other part of the world where this is measured.Read More

Procurement is a hot topic in the manufacturing sector, and we'll be putting out a special update on this area soon.
In the meantime, the good news is that the Procurement Policy Team at the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has listened to our gripes and are now consulting on how to improve panel contracting practices across government.Read More

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